Eritrea: Activities of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF), specifically whether the EPLF committed human rights violations; whether certain actions of the EPLF were condemned by the international community or human rights organizations (1977 – 1994).
Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa.
The Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF), also misidentified in media sources as the Ethiopian People’s Liberation Front (MIPT 26 July 2006a; The Times 30 Apr. 1991; The Washington Post 27 Oct. 1987), was a national liberation movement that fought for Eritrean independence from Ethiopia (Political Parties of the World 24 Jan. 2005, 200; see also The Europa World Year Book 2006 2006, 1632). The EPLF was created in 1970 following a split from the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF), another organization fighting for Eritrea’s independence (MIPT 26 July 2006b; Political Parties of the World 24 Jan. 2005, 200; Political Handbook of the World 2005-2006 Dec. 2005, 366). In 1991, the EPLF gained control of Eritrea and formed a provisional government (ibid.; The Europa World Year Book 2006 2006, 1632).